How do I manage stuttering from anxiety?
I have really bad, hereditary anxiety and I'm also very careful, especially about how I present myself. Because of this, I try to choose the right words when I talk to people, when I don't feel anxious I can usually do it pretty well and very fast, but when I am anxious, I get so worried about making the situation worse by saying the wrong thing, that I'm unable to say anything, and I start stuttering. It even became a passive thing that sometimes happens when I'm anxious but not even worried about wording. The biggest problem is that some people find it frustrating when I try to talk but I just stutter and it makes them even more irritable. All I can really do is excuse myself until I can rehearse a sentence and then even then it often happens. It makes me feel really small and helpless.